Let's play Attention to Detail! We give you a close-up clue and you have to figure out where you've seen this round window around Boston.
Here are some hints:
- It is in the South End.
- This is one of three matching windows.
- If you take a nice long walk you may pass it.
- You have a clear view of it year-round.
- While this is on private property, you might be on city or state property when you view it.
Ready? Click through or scroll down past this great book about Boston for the answer.
The window is on the side of 31 Cumberland Street, built in 1888.
A round window like this one is sometimes called an oculus by architecture fans.
Following years of use as a lodging house, the building was restored to a single family home.
After much back and forth, the St. Botolph Area Architectural Conservation District officials approved these windows as a more contemporary addition to the side facing the Southwest Corridor Park which is a state property.
In case you haven't noticed, this section of that park was built over the orange line and was supposed to be a 12 lane highway until local resident protests stopped that scheme.
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino
Adapted for BostonZest from one of our Attention to Detail Newspaper columns.
